Today I received a letter from a law firm about defamatory comments regarding an individual that were posted on these forums. I strongly suggest that some of you become familiar with the terms of use policy you agreed to when you signed up on these forums.

The post in question has been deleted to save myself from being sued, which as made very clear in the letter I received.

Some of you really need to think twice about what you're posting on this site, and I can tell you this, if it doesn't stop this forum will simply disappear. I don't need this grief in my life just so that you can be keyboard warriors and not be accountable for what you post here.

Again, please read the terms of use policy below that YOU AGREED to when signing up for this forum, particularly in this case, the paragraph in bold.

There will be no more warnings, if this continues, this board will be gone.

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Brian, at the risk of rocking the boat a little, which is not my intent at all here, I do think that a little mo clarification needed here.

The definition of defamatory can be pretty broad. I mean in all reality members here border on that definition on a regular basis with just some of the slag that is hurled back and forth. It could also be construed that some of our comments regarding Canucks players could be deemed defamatory. So are we talking about a former member who was ridiculed on here in a personal way, or is this an outside individual who has an over active lawyer and agent that got wind of something said about their client and wanted to shut it up.

I don't think we need specific details, but something a little less vague would be nice. Legal agreements are so blanketing in their statements, I can see just with a perusal of the TOA we all agreed to when signing up that we are all probably at risk of breaching them at some point.

There was a post made here that made some very serious accusations towards an individual that were slanderous in nature and without any facts to back them up.

This is a hockey site, and some people tend to forget that or think because they sit behind a keyboard they can say whatever they want. The terms of use for this site are clearly outlined and this post clearly broke those terms.

That's all I'm saying on the matter, and I hope everyone makes themselves familiar with these terms and abides by them from here on out.

Brian, I assume you haven't been reading much of the threads lately. The inane, obscene and insulting posts are becoming endemic again. I suggest you check out the thread on the "Roster" (in the Canucks forum), especially the last couple of pages or so. It's gotten to the point that this pack of idiots is ruining every discussion by their back and forth obscenity or insult competition. If this doesn't change, I don't see the point in visiting this site anymore.